Mistral has updated their small model to support a longer context (from 32K in the last version to 128K now), as well as images as input. It keeps the Apache 2.0 license and is an overall strong model. In our testing (yes, hoping to continue to grow this internal testing), the model is stronger than a lot similarly sized models.
Though, the funniest part of this release was the meme's from Mistral's patented "triangle performance plots." Below is the response from Cohere Co-founder Nick Frosst to the model, showcasing the speed of Command-A (another awesome open-weight model, highlighted below in this issue).
Relative Adoption Metric contextualizes downloads against the model's size bucket.
OpenRouter publishes daily token totals for its ~50 most-served models. Days missing from the chart mean Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct fell below that cutoff — not zero usage. OpenRouter logs usage separately per dated model version and per variant (like ":free"); the hub combines provider variants while keeping separately cataloged releases distinct.
